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Add hint that cec-database does not provide coefficients for sapm
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pvlib/pvsystem.py

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@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ def sapm(module, poa_direct, poa_diffuse, temp_cell, airmass_absolute, aoi):
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Parameters
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module : Series or dict
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A DataFrame defining the SAPM performance parameters.
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A DataFrame defining the SAPM performance parameters. See the notes
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section for more details.
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poa_direct : Series
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The direct irradiance incident upon the module (W/m^2).
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The coefficients from SAPM which are required in ``module`` are:
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The coefficients from SAPM which are required in ``module`` are listed in
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the following table.
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Remark that modules of the Sandia module database contain these
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coefficients but modules of the CEC module database do not. Both databases
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can be accessed using :py:func:`retrieve_sam`.
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